Dictionary defintion of a veteran: 1) Old and experienced 2) One who served in the Armed Forces 3) a person of long service in same position
On February 12, 1954 I was enlisted and was accepted in The United States Marine Corps.
I was immediately sent to Parris Island, South Carolina for 3 months of boot camp and I remember every agonizing day in that swamp infested area! LOL
I 'graduated' on April 29, 1954
and was sent to Camp Pendleton, California to train in the hills. Though the Korean War was 'over'--more about that later--our company was being sent there to help with the 'clean up'.
We were packed into a ship like sardines and sailed to Korea arriving at the start Autumn BUT someone forgot to tell the troops over there (both sides) that the war was over and there were still 'skirmishes' happening.
Within 2 months I was to kill the first human being, face to face, that I still have nightmares about.
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Thanks for the salute.[KISS]